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Veterinary herbal medicine / [edited by] Susan G. Wynn, Barbara J. Fougère - xii, 714 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Why Use Herbs? -- Historical Relationship Between Plants and Animals -- Zoopharmacognosy -- Ethnoveterinary Medicine: Potential Solutions for Large-Scale Problems -- The Roots of Veterinary Botanical Medicine -- Overview of Traditional Chinese Medicine: The Cooking Pot Analogy -- Ayurvedic Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices -- Herbal Medicine Controversies -- Evaluating, Designing, and Accessing Herbal Medicine Research -- Regulation and Quality Control -- A Skeptical View of Herbal Medicine -- The Plants -- Medical Botany -- Plant Chemistry in Veterinary Medicine: Medicinal Constituents and Their Mechanisms of Action -- Herbal Medicine: Potential for Intoxication and Interactions With Conventional Drugs -- Herbal Energetics: A Key to Efficacy in Herbal Medicine -- Herb Manufacture, Pharmacy, and Dosing -- Designing the Medicinal Herb Garden -- Commercial Production of Organic Herbs for Veterinary Medicine -- Conserving Medicinal Plant Biodiversity -- Safe Substitutes for Endangered Herbs: Plant Conservation and Loss of Our Medicines -- Veterinary Clinical Uses of Medicinal Plants -- Approaches in Veterinary Herbal Medicine Prescribing -- Veterinary Herbal Medicine: A Systems-Based Approach -- Herbal Medicine in Equine Practice -- Phytotherapy for Dairy Cows -- Clinical Practice: Getting Started -- Materia Medica -- Weights and Measures Conversions -- Training in Herbal Medicine -- Herbal Terminology -- Client Handout: Hints on Administering Herbs to Animals

ISBN: 0323029981 9780323029988

LCCN: 2006047201

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Alternative veterinary medicine.
Herbs--Therapeutic use.

LC Class. No.: SF745.5 / .V4844 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 636.089/5321

National Library of Medicine Call No.: SF 745.5 / V586 2007